Formation livestream


If the stream above isn’t working, try the HC Media Services YouTube channel. Many past formation getherings are also available there.
Many of this year’s formation gatherings will be geared toward exercises in community building and won’t work well on screen. We will share the ones that work well on live stream here.

April

  • 4 – Healthy relationships help stop sexual violence – Whitney Douglas, director of equity and accountability, Title IX coordinator
  • 7 – Talkin’ About a Revelation – Bible prof Nick Ladd, and My story – Interim President Ross Peterson-Veatch
  • 11 – Formation scattered – no video feed
  • 14 – Jesus washes the feet of his disciples – no video feed
  • 16 – Candlelight service marking the last days and hours of Jesus’ life
  • 18 – Good Friday – no classes or formation
  • 21 – Easter Monday serivce

March

  • 3 – “Urinetown” preview – cast members no video feed
  • 5 – Ash Wednesday service – Keim Center Campus Worship Center no video feed
  • 7 – Healthy relationships – student government association leaders
  • 10 – Using fiction to tell the truth – Matthew Lehman-Wiens
  • 14 – Safe seats
  • 24 – Keeping our community safe
  • 28 – Formation scattered – no video feed
  • 31 – opportunities to travel and learn about new cultures…Paraguay….Tulsa…

February

  • 3 – Severe weather awareness – Ben Miller, campus facilities director
  • 7 – Formation scattered – no video feed
  • 10 – Healthy relationships – student life panel
  • 14 – Making Valentines
  • 17 – Humans and the Environment – Dr. Kyle Miller Hesed, biology professor
  • 21 – Taking Care of Each Other – Dr. Ross Peterson-Veatch, president, and Michael Smalley, v.p. of student life
  • 24 – Black history – student panel
  • 28 – Formation scattered – no video feed

January

  • 17 – God makes all things new – even us! team blessing for softball and baseball
  • 20 – Worship, word and action – Paster Jerrell Williams, Shalom Mennonite Church Newton
  • 24 – Formation scattered – no video feed
  • 27 – A Different Kind of Kingdom – Greg Boyd, Melva Kauffman Lecture Series
  • 31 – The Anabaptist Game

December

  • 2 – Love is greater than hate: A Christmas story, team blessing for Dance Team
  • 6 – Love is greater than hate: Miriam Hershberger’s journey of love in Vietnam

November

  • 1 – Spiritual Life Week – contemporary Christian music, faith stories with Chloe and Rrok, blessing the basketball teams
  • 4 – The story of the first Americans – Ken Rodgers, music prof
  • 8 – The story of the first Americans – the Sand Creek Massacre
  • 11 – Camp week – Colton Eby, HC grad and director of Amigo Centre, Sturgis, Mich.
  • 15 – Safe seats
  • 18 – Our best work – students present and reflect on speeches, papers and other achievements
  • 22 – M2 prison visitation program
  • 25 – Attitude of gratitude

October

  • 4 – Life stories: Risa Garrison, Patrick Watson
  • 7 – The conflict in Gaza – sophomore Rylee Weishaupt and 2024 alum Larry Ruffin
  • 11 – Minute to Win It
  • 14 – Fall break
  • 18 – Bonhoeffer: Cell 92 – Dr. Jerry Holsopple and Dr. Justin Poole share about their show to be performed Oct. 18 and 20
  • 21 – My story – Veronica Mosqueda-Bargdill, director, Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center, in Newton, Kan.
  • 25 –
  • 28 – Spiritual Life Week – What does it mean to follow Jesus – Larissa Moore-Willard, pastor, Marion Christian Fellowship Church, Shipshewana, Ind.
  • 30 – Spiritual Life Week – Larissa Moore-Willard

September

  • 2 – Who am I? God knows and God loves the you of you – The student life team speaks to the issue of identity
    Blessing for community assistants, ministry assistants and wellness assistants
  • 6 – I am loved no matter how I perform – Formation scattered, no live stream
  • 9 – New Hope: God’s love for me is true even when bad things happen to me – Dee Nelson of SafeHope trigger warning – topic of sexual abuse
    Team blessing for esports
  • 13 – Miracles come in all shapes and sizes – Abigail Shuart
    Blessing for Bel Canto Singers
  • 16 – Suicide Prevention: God’s love for me is true even when I don’t feel it – Jose Gloria, campus counselor trigger warning: topic of suicide
  • 20 – International Day of Peace – John Murray and Risa Garrison, international admissions team
  • 23 – Antigone – excerpts from the fall play performed by the cast and hosted by Director Rachel Jantzi
  • 27 – Roots and Branches – Joshua Cross, art professor
  • 30 – A new (renewed) community: a discussion about safety, accountability, forgiveness – Whitney Douglas, Title IX coordinator

August

  • 19 – Open Yourself to NEW – Michele Hershberger, campus pastor
    Team blessing for men’s and women’s soccer
  • 23 – New Community Means New Academics – Jennifer Auge, Student Success coordinator
    Team blessing for volleyball
  • 26 – There’s Something Good in You that God Wants to Make Better – student speakers
    Prayer stations. Team blessing for cross country
  • 30 – All Things New – Interim President Ross Peterson-Veatch